Day 23: October 2010 PAD

[Colin Southern]

1 Week or so to go!

[wilgk]

They were both 'going out' tonight, so I wanted a picture of them 'dressed up' together....I had my props and reflector etc all ready, but they only gave me 2 mins..... then they were gone so this isn't exactly what I wanted.
The problem of the young 1 being 6ft and the old 1 4ft 11.....posed it's own challenges - thank goodness for her heels

[Donald]

the old 1

Is said young person aware of being referred to as 'the old 1'. I'd make sure you weren't within hitting distance when you told her that one.

[Peter Ryan]

I am struggling to keep up at the moment. I have been printing and framing prints all day today for the markets and suddenly remembered I needed to take a shot. The Lilac bush is out at the moment. We get about 2 - 3 weeks of beautiful flowers with their scent and their gone.

[wilgk]

Is said young person aware of being referred to as 'the old 1'. I'd make sure you weren't within hitting distance when you told her that one.

Nope
but could have been worse, at least I didn't call him 'my baby'.....
they'd both be having my guts for garters then

[timo2]

This cockerel is very aggressive; he will attack me whenever he sees me. Those two inch long spikes on the back of his feet aren’t for show either, he has drawn blood when he’s managed to connect with my legs.

I grabbed this shot and retreated before he got any closer.

60mm macro lens, 1/60th of a second at f8, ISO200 and a bit of assistance from my mate Phil Flash

[mastamak]

Like Peter, I struggled a bit today but just managed to get this shot on the way home from a job. Off to the airport now to pick up daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandchildren. Cheer up Kay, they do tend to come home from time to time.



Grant

[melikarish]

When you need them, where are all the birds that like to sit under the tree? Oh yes... migrating to Africa...

[Ollokot]

[Geoff F]

Today has been a day of blustry showers with sunny periods.



From my house which looks out over farmland to the southern slopes of Dartmoor.

[Geoff F]

This cockerel is very aggressive; he will attack me whenever he sees me. Those two inch long spikes on the back of his feet aren’t for show either, he has drawn blood when he’s managed to connect with my legs.

I grabbed this shot and retreated before he got any closer.

60mm macro lens, 1/60th of a second at f8, ISO200 and a bit of assistance from my mate Phil Flash

That is certainly a bird with attitude, Tim.

Before the days of modern antibiotics, cockerel attacks caused the death of many farmers wives. Feeding the chickens was usually part of their daily duties and a wound from those spurs easily became infected.

Farmers normally wore leather gaiters which gave them protection from this and many other nasty potential problems.

[Pete W]

I guess Rob should recognise this..

We visited my uni. student son today and visited Cardiff Bay which was looking spectacular...had to go through a security check to get into this building but it was worth it.


Pete

[carregwen]

I guess Rob should recognise this..

We visited my uni. student son today and visited Cardiff Bay which was looking spectacular...had to go through a security check to get into this building but it was worth it.


Pete

Oh, Peter, the best bit of visiting here is the security check. All those nice Welsh ladies carressing your inside leg with a scanner, and you can't beat the phrase "He's clean!" with a Cardiff accent. That's a very good shot actually - far better than I have managed. That ceiling seems to absorb light like a black hole. Well done.

[carregwen]

Lush on black

My PAD album for October 2010

Created on a black glass chopping-board in the kitchen. Strip lighting via 'underlighters of kitchen cabinets. Light diffused with a mesh screen from my fold-up reflector.

[Wirefox]

A Welsh ceiling...

Theres nice Boyo. Beautifully framed Peter.

[Oldphotobuff]

It rained off and on today, so I did rainy day shots from my very small covered porch. There are two shots, both made with my E-620 and 18-180mm Zuiko lens at 180mm. The first is just the porch rail with rain drops and second is some leaves.



This is the rainy rail shot at f/7.1 @ 1/25


This is some Snakeroot blossom-stem leaves shot at f/7.1 @ 1/20. These leaves are particularly interesting since even after a couple of light frosts they refuse to turn fully.

OldPhotoBuff

[Pete W]

Oh, Peter, the best bit of visiting here is the security check. All those nice Welsh ladies carressing your inside leg with a scanner, and you can't beat the phrase "He's clean!" with a Cardiff accent. That's a very good shot actually - far better than I have managed. That ceiling seems to absorb light like a black hole. Well done.

Thanks Rob, no caressing went on and not a Welsh lady in sight ...fabulous building, sat there with a coffee just gazing about the place and of course out over the bay...curiously it felt a bit like Cape Town...funky buildings, lots of space, waterfront..no sea lions though...

[Dave Humphries]

Thought I'd make use of the shadow from the flash today (well yesterday now), might post more later as the model was quite co-operative - if a little static

(31577)

Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/16 iso200 Flash
F11 and click image to see at 1,400px × 999px

This is a head on shot of the same sort of (T-shaped) moth I posted on Day 12 PAD.

[Pete W]

Today has been a day of blustry showers with sunny periods.



From my house which looks out over farmland to the southern slopes of Dartmoor.

Great colours, lovely shot. Could you do a stitched together panoramic another time and get all the rainbow ?...ask Rob I have got a scooby of how to do that...


Pete

[Pete W]

Thought I'd make use of the shadow from the flash today (well yesterday now), might post more later as the model was quite co-operative - if a little static

(31577)

Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/16 iso200 Flash
F11 and click image to see at 1,400px × 999px

This is a head on shot of the same sort of (T-shaped) moth I posted on Day 12 PAD.

Hi Dave,

very interesting shot I like it, the shadow has real menace. ...
"the model was quite co-operative - if a little static"..probably because it had consumed half your wardrobe and couldn't take off ?
So can you experiment with different backgrounds, maybe curving up behind the beast to sharpen the shadow? Or are you running out of clothes?

Pete